The Question:

The Answer:

In the 1980 election, Ronald
Reagan, with running mate George Bush, captured the Presidency
with 489 electoral votes from
44 states. The states he lost and the percentages received are as
follows:

Carter

Reagan

The District of Columbia

74.82%

13.44%

Georgia

55.78%

40.97%

Hawaii

44.80%

42.90%

Maryland

47.14%

44.18%

Minnesota

46.50%

42.56%

Rhode Island

44.67%

37.20%

West Virginia

49.81%

45.30%

Together those states combined for 49 electoral votes for Jimmy Carter and running mate Walter Mondale. It was not enough to
re-elect President Carter, but better than Mr. Mondale would do on his
own four years later.

In 1984 Reagan was re-elected with 525 electoral votes from 49
states. His opponent Walter Mondale, this time running with Geraldine Ferraro, managed only 13
electoral votes. The only states that Reagan did not win in his
landslide victory were Minnesota (where he received 49.54% of the
vote) and the District of Columbia (where he received 13.73% of the
vote).